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<p><font color="#800080" face="Arial" size="4"><strong><tt><a name="THE ENDOMETRIOSIS SOURCEBOOK:"><i>THE ENDOMETRIOSIS SOURCEBOOK:</i> </a></tt></strong></font></p>
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<p><font color="#800080" face="Arial" size="3"><strong><i><tt>The Definitive Guide to
Current Treatment Options, the Latest Research, Common Myths About the Disease, and Coping
Strategies--Both Physical and Emotional</tt></i></strong></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="3"><strong><tt>by Mary Lou Ballweg and the Endometriosis
Association</tt></strong></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong><tt>The Endometriosis Association's latest book is
almost 500 pages of the information that women with endo most want to know. It is the most
comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date resource on endo available. It's also very
personal, drawing on the words of Association members to bring home the impact that
endometriosis has on real women. Includes information about treatment options, strategies
for coping with the disease and its effects on you and those around you, and the latest
research findings--as well as the adventures of &quot;Joe with Endo,&quot; from
Association president Mary Lou Ballweg's popular cartoon strip. --------------$14.95
U.S./$22.25 Canada. </tt></strong></font></p>
<p><strong><tt><font face="Arial" size="3">&quot;If you want to know more about
endometriosis, you can do a computer search of the medical literature or you can read this
book.&quot;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; </font><font face="Arial" size="2">--David B. Redwine, M.D., head of the
Endometriosis Treatment Program, St. Charles Medical Center, Bend, Oregon.</font></tt></strong></p>
<h2 align="center"><!--mstheme--><font color="#330099"><font face="Arial"><i><font size="4">The Endometriosis Sourcebook</font><font size="3"> -- </font><font size="4"><strong>Table of Contents</strong></font></i></font><!--mstheme--></font></h2>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong><tt>Foreword by Dr. Dan Martin</tt></strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong><tt>I. <u>Introduction</u></tt></strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong><tt>Opening words from Mary Lou
Ballweg, co-founder of the Association.</tt><br>
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<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong><tt>II. <u>Treatments for a Puzzling
Disease</u></tt></strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong><tt>Endometriosis and pain (including pain
management and how to deal with the stigma of chronic pain); surgical treatments; medical
treatments (Lupron, Synarel, Zoladex, Suprefact, Decapeptyl, Danazol, progestogens,
Gestrinone, Provera, oral contraceptives); endometriosis of the intestines; endometriosis
and the urinary tract; infertility and endometriosis; pregnancy and labor for women with
endometriosis; traditional Chinese medicine and the treatment of endometriosis.</tt></strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong><tt>III. <u>Coping</u></tt></strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong><tt>How to cope with endometriosis,
based on research; why professionals say &quot;it's all in your head&quot;; men and
endometriosis; tips for partners and family members; coping with painful sex; building the
doctor-patient relationship (including communicating with your doctor and help in finding
good doctors); the patient's perspective on endometriosis.</tt></strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong><tt>IV. <u>New Research Directions</u></tt></strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong><tt>Endometriosis and environmental
toxins; immunological findings in dioxin monkey colony; how to avoid dioxins and PCBs;
evaluating your home---is it a health hazard?</tt></strong></font></p>
<div align="left"><!--mstheme--></font><pre><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>V. <u> Working Together Worldwide to Conquer Endometriosis</u></strong></font><small> </small></pre><!--mstheme--><font face="trebuchet ms, arial, helvetica">
</div><p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>The Association's outreach all
over the world, including Brazil, Germany, Japan, South Africa, and Taiwan; activities of
sister groups in Australia and Great Britain. </strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><strong><font face="Arial" size="3"><em>&quot;In the 1990s it is
imperative to be an intelligent consumer. This book will enable the woman with
endometriosis to be just that.&quot; <br>
</em></font><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
--David Olive, M.D., Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology, Yale University School of
Medicine, New Haven, CT.<br>
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<td><!--mstheme--><font face="trebuchet ms, arial, helvetica"><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><strong><i>New Help from the Endometriosis
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<p><strong><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000">b</font><font face="Arial" size="2">y
Mary Lou Ballweg and the Endometriosis Association</font></strong></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong><font size="2"><em>Now in its ninth printing.</em> An
anthology of highly acclaimed newsletter articles, fact sheets, research reviews, and
other materials of the Association. The book also includes co-founder Mary Lou Ballweg's
funny and poignant &quot;Joe with Endo&quot; cartoon strip. -----------$13.95 U.S./$20.75
Canada.</font><font size="1"><br>
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&quot;I've learned more from the material you've sent me than any information I've
received from any and all health care in the past 16 years.&quot;---------</em>Glenna,
Connecticut</small></strong></font></p>
<h4 align="center"><!--mstheme--><font color="#330099"><font face="Arial" size="3"><em><strong>Overcoming Endometriosis --
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<dt><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Foreword by Dr. Camran Nezhat</strong></font></dt>
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<p><strong><font face="Arial"><font size="2">I</font><font size="3">. </font><font size="2"><u>Introduction</u></font></font></strong></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Why the Endometriosis Association Was Started, by
Mary Lou Ballweg, co-founder.</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>II. <u>Treatments for a Stubborn Disease</u></strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Covers treatments for endometriosis in
depth, including pain medications, danazol, GnRH drugs, all types of surgery for endo,
laser techniques, fertility and pregnancy considerations, and alternative treatments.</strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>III. <u>Coping: The Many Challenges</u></strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Covers choosing a doctor, coping with
the hospital experience, coping after hysterectomy and removal of the ovaries,
osteoporosis, coping financially, teens and endo, the single woman and fertility,
emotional concerns, and how support groups help women with endo, among other things.</strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>IV. <u>New Directions: Is
Endometriosis What We Think It Is? </u></strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Covers endo and the candidiasis link;
the ideas of Dr. David Redwine; mitral valve prolapse, a heart defect in women with the
disease; and work to develop a blood test to diagnose endo.</strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>V.<u> Research Recaps</u></strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Research reviews and discussion from
the popular newsletter column, including such topics as prostaglandins and endo,
ultrasound in diagnosis of endo, cancer and endo, endo in men, and pain management in
endo.</strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>VI. <u>Working Together to Overcome
Endometriosis</u></strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Covers the work of the Endometriosis
Association, the British Endometriosis Society, and the Australian Victorian Endometriosis
Association.</strong></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><strong>This important book
has shaken up North America on the subject of endocrine disrupters--toxic chemicals that
mimic natural hormones in the body. On the '96 <em>New York Times </em>bestseller list, <em>Our
Stolen Future </em>is a must-read for those with endometriosis--and anyone else who is
concerned for the environment, their health, and the lives of generations to
come.-----------$11.95 US / $17.75 Canada</strong></font></p>
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